Alex L. Goldfayn

Love your TiVo? Lou Jacob can make you love it more. In fact, he can modify, upgrade and, well, pimp your TiVo till it hums like one of those custom...

Earlier this year graphic designer Kevin Mercer noticed his Mac was running slower. He downloaded a spyware detector called Spyware Doctor (www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor), and deleted his temporary Internet files. "That was...

Historically, there haven't been enough teachers, materials or interested students, which explains why, until recently, Chinese language classes were all but absent from American schools. But the Chinese government is...

Blog adds to investor's plan Guy Kawasaki 51 Managing director, Garage Technology Ventures LLC, Palo Alto, Calif. Guy Kawasaki is a well-known venture capitalist, a successful professional speaker and the...

Spring is in the air, and, after a long winter hibernation, so is love. Web-enabled love, that is. These days, many are turning to online matchmakers for romance. According to...

Jay Schryer knows all about the typical, analog, "head-bob" way of learning to play a guitar. "The traditional way to learn is a lot of memorization," Schryer explained. "You have...

To understand Chicago-based author Jen Lancaster, consider how she reacted to a message from "a gentleman named John," who saw her MySpace.com page. He suggested he would buy a book...

"Some people say older people shy away from technology," said the 67-year-old CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago. "I'm just the opposite. I have an iPod and...

What does Bob Seidensticker use as his personal digital assistant? A 3-by-5-inch index card and a 3-inch golf pencil. "That's my PDA," he said proudly. "I can tear it in...

In January, Ronni Rosenblum's mother, Mildred, passed away after a long battle with blood disease. She was 84. At the funeral, Ronni's three adult children read a eulogy. "One day,...